Exposure Management Lead

The Exposure Management Lead owns CHANEL’s global capability to understand what where our main weaknesses in our attack surface are and how we are exposed to cyber threats. This position will help identify security weaknesses and turn fragmented technical findings into clear, risk-based priorities. The role ensures continuous visibility across our attack surface word wide, across our priority technology perimeters and provides the decision support required to act quickly when a vulnerability requires a urgent reaction.

The position sits within the Cyber Resilience pillar and reports to the Head of Cyber Resilience. It works closely with Global Information Security Teams, and Infrastructure teams (GIS), Regional and Divisional security teams, local CTO teams, and application or asset owners.

Based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the role operates in a global and matrixed environment. Occasional travels may be required to meet with stakeholders.

POSITIONING

• Reporting line: GISEC / Head of Cyber Resilience

• Scope: Global Exposure Management capability across Internet-facing assets, servers, endpoints, cloud, Salesforce, network, firewalls, OT and future priority perimeters such as AI agents

• Key functional relationships: SOC, GRC, GIS, GDP, Regional and Divisional security teams, local CTO teams; service providers and asset owners.

• Nature of leadership: Capability ownership, technical authority and influence-based leadership in a matrixed organisation, coordination of internal specialists and external service providers.

YOUR IMPACT AT CHANEL 

• Shape and lead CHANEL’s Exposure Management capability, ensuring continuous visibility of our attack surface and security exposures.

• Identify and qualify the vulnerabilities that matter most, combining exposure, exploitability, threat intelligence and business criticality.

• Drive risk-based prioritization, helping teams focus their efforts on the exposures that require action first.

• Own and continuously improve our monitoring capabilities, ensuring our tools, data and coverage evolve with CHANEL’s technology landscape and emerging threats.

• Turn technical findings into clear insights and recommendations, supporting effective decisions across Cybersecurity, IT and Digital teams.

YOU ARE ENERGIZED BY

You are energized by the opportunity to shape and lead a global Exposure Management capability, with the ambition to continuously improve how CHANEL understands and manages its cyber exposure. You enjoy connecting technology, threat intelligence and business context to distinguish what truly matters from the noise, and turning complex security signals into clear priorities for action.

You thrive in fast-moving environments where new vulnerabilities, technologies and threats continuously challenge established practices. You are motivated by building for the future, improving visibility across an evolving attack surface, exploring new approaches such as attack-path analysis and AI-assisted security, and working with teams across the House to make a tangible difference to CHANEL’s Cyber Resilience.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

You combine cybersecurity expertise with curiosity, sound judgement and a pragmatic mindset. You enjoy making sense of complex situations, challenging assumptions and focusing on what really matters.

You are comfortable taking ownership, influencing others and bringing people together, while turning technical complexity into clear and actionable decisions.

WHAT CHANEL CAN OFFER YOU

This role offers you the opportunity to shape a strategic and evolving cybersecurity capability within a global organization. You will gain broad exposure across Cybersecurity, IT and Digital, while developing your ability to influence decisions, connect technology with risk and drive meaningful change.

You will have the space to build, challenge and innovate, while contributing directly to strengthening CHANEL’s Cyber Resilience.

At CHANEL, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that fosters fulfilment and personal development while contributing to collective performance. We believe that each individual’s uniqueness helps strengthen the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we highly value the experience and potential you could bring to the House of CHANEL.